Rubber Dump Fire (1945)

Unused, unissued material dates and locations unclear or unknown. Rubber dump fire. Mitcham, Surrey. Various shot of the blaze showing rubber tyres burning and columns of thick smoke billowing up. M, S and C, U firemen salvaging tyre and directing horses onto the flames. L, S the blaze framed in a motor tyre. Note: Cuts for 47, 45. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gaumont British (19341959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.